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8:50 PM ET, July 5, 2016

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Fbi / Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Remarks prepared for delivery at press briefing.  —  Good morning.  I'm here to give you an update on the FBI's investigation of Secretary Clinton's use of a personal e-mail system during her time as Secretary of State.  —  After a tremendous amount of work over the last year …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's email problems might be even worse than we thought  —  (Yana Paskova for The Washington Post)  —  Here's the good news for Hillary Clinton: The FBI has recommended no charges be brought followings its investigation of the former secretary of state's private email server.
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Clinton email claims collapse under FBI probe  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Key assertions by Hillary Clinton in defense of her email practices have collapsed under FBI scrutiny.  —  The agency's yearlong investigation found that she did not, as she claimed, turn over all her work-related messages for release.
David Weigel / Washington Post:
GOP congressmen call for new independent counsel, to probe Clinton again  —  Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) became the first Republican to call for a new, independent investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of email during her years at the State Department, saying in a statement …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Hillary Clinton Isn't Getting Indicted.  Here's Why.  —  Tuesday morning, FBI Director James Comey announced that his agency's investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's handling of a private email server while she was Secretary of State has come to a close.
Andrew McCarthy / National Review:
FBI Rewrites Federal Law to Let Hillary Off the Hook  —  There is no way of getting around this: According to Director James Comey (disclosure: a former colleague and longtime friend of mine), Hillary Clinton checked every box required for a felony violation of Section 793(f) of the federal penal code …
The FBI concluded what many Americans:
The FBI concluded what many Americans have known for quite some time, which is that Hillary Clinton's conduct as Secretary of State and her mishandling of classified information was disgraceful and unbecoming of someone who aspires to the presidency.  There is simply no excuse …
Discussion: Politico
Mark Landler / New York Times:
F.B.I. Director James Comey Recommends No Charges for Hillary Clinton on Email
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
I Don't Get It  —  I'm on vacation but I had to watch FBI Director Comey's statement.
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Jawa Report
Bloomberg:
FBI Recommends No Clinton Charges Despite Carelessness on E-Mail
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:   FBI Director Shades Everyone Freaking Out About Clinton Emails: ‘Opinions Are Irrelevant’
Dana Schwartz / The New York Observer:
An Open Letter to Jared Kushner, From One of Your Jewish Employees  —  My name is Dana Schwartz and I'm an entertainment writer at the Observer, the paper owned by your publishing company.  On July 2, as I'm sure you're aware (and have probably been wringing your hands about for the last three days) …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
David Duke: “No Way” Star In Trump's Tweet Was A Sheriff's Star
Discussion: alan.com
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan: Trump Needs To Get It Together After ‘Anti-Semitic’ Tweet
Discussion: Mother Jones
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
GOP # NEVERTRUMP TRAITORS - HILLARY DELIGHTS IN YOU, FOR SHE CAN'T WIN WITHOUT YOU  —  Ironic, tragic, but not unexpected - amidst America's Independence Day celebrations the Ruling Class put another boot on our neck to snuff liberty's life out of We the People.
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Jay Caruso / RedState:
Sarah Palin Calls #NeverTrump “Traitors.”  Here's Why She Can Sod Off  —  And to think there was a time I was one of Palin's biggest defenders.  Now she's gone so far off the deep end, she's taking up for Donald Trump and daring to use the language Trump's most ardent supporters …
Discussion: Daily Wire and Jezebel
Brandon Cockerham / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Statement on Decision by FBI Director James Comey Not to Recommend Indictment of Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Politico
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Sanders supporters melt down over FBI's Clinton decision  —  Watch the FBI refute Clinton email claims  —  (CNN)It's not only Donald Trump and Republicans expressing their indignation at the FBI's decision not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton over her handling of classified materials on a private email server.
Tracy Crane / News-Gazette:
Flag burning leads to Urbana man's arrest  —  What's your opinion?  Submit a Letter to the Editor here  —  URBANA — Within hours of a Fourth of July Facebook post showing him burning an American flag, a 22-year-old Urbana man found himself under arrest and under fire — from all corners of the Internet.
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Fernando Alfonso III / Forbes:
Illinois Man Charged With Desecrating American Flag After Posting Photos On Facebook
Discussion: US News, Hit & Run and LawNewz
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Why President Obama Campaigning For Clinton Is Historic  —  No president has campaigned strongly for his chosen successor in at least 100 years.  —  Today's event, with President Obama campaigning for Hillary Clinton, his former secretary of state and one-time rival, in North Carolina is remarkable for that reason.
Selim Algar / New York Post:
Trump supporter: ‘Mexican restaurant refused to serve me’  —  An Orange County woman claims she was tossed from a Mexican restaurant Sunday, not for too much tequila — but for too much Trump.  —  Esther Levy, 61, of Warwick, said an employee at the popular Cancun Inn eatery in Sugar Loaf chucked …
Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal:
It's a Bad Time to Buy an iPhone  —  Whether or not Apple's next overhaul of the iPhone meets your needs, you should still wait until September to commit to a new phone  —  Will Apple wow you in September?  WSJ's Joanna Stern wraps up the latest reports on the next iPhone and suggests ways to keep your current iPhone running longer.
John Gray / New Statesman:
The strange death of liberal politics  —  The world is changing in ways the British left cannot comprehend.  —  A lesson of the past few days is the danger of groupthink.  Along with the major international institutions, the assembled might of establishment opinion - in the CBI and TUC …
People.com:
Casey Anthony Is ‘Bored’ 5 Years After Acquittal, Source Says: Inside Her Life Now  —  It was five years ago this month that Casey Anthony walked out the doors of Florida's Orange County jail a free woman.  Once outside, Anthony was immediately greeted by hundreds of protestors …
John Hanna / Associated Press:
Judge: Kansas Can't Cut Planned Parenthood's Medicaid Money  —  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas cannot cut off Medicaid funding for two Planned Parenthood affiliates, a federal judge said Tuesday.  —  U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson in Kansas City, Kansas, issued the temporary ruling …
Discussion: alan.com
Daily Mail:
Video 'shows ISIS fighters laughing and joking while a woman is heard screaming as she is being raped nearby': Claims after footage 'is retrieved from dead Islamic State militant's phone'  —  Harrowing footage from a dead terrorist's phone appears to show ISIS fighters laughing and joking …
Margaret Wente / Globe and Mail:
The bullies of Black Lives Matter  —  Toronto's legendary Pride Parade is a festival of inclusiveness - a good-natured rainbow coalition that embraces every letter of the LGBTQ alphabet.  It's so inclusive that even straight people march in it.  Its message is: Loud, proud and unbowed.
Discussion: Heat Street, CBC News and Drudge Retort
Franklin Foer / Slate:
Putin's Puppet  —  If the Russian president could design a candidate to undermine American interests—and advance his own—he'd look a lot like Donald Trump.  —  Vladimir Putin has a plan for destroying the West—and that plan looks a lot like Donald Trump.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
‘Financially unstable’ Connecticut Obamacare co-op now under state supervision  —  Connecticut's financially “unstable” Obamacare health-insurance co-op was placed under state supervision on Tuesday, as regulators said 40,000 people covered by the company will ultimately have to find new plans for the coming year.
Discussion: Hartford Courant and Hot Air
Associated Press:
Navy engineer sentenced for mishandling classified material  —  This story was originally published on July 29, 2015.  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Naval reservist was sentenced for mishandling classified military materials.  —  A federal attorney announced Wednesday that Bryan Nishimura of Folsom …
Discussion: The Federalist and Heat Street
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich Is The Donald Trump Of Politics  —  Gingrich, a finalist to be Trump's running mate, leaves a trail of bankruptcies, lawsuits and unpaid debts.  —  National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he wants a running mate who …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Ben Eisen / Wall Street Journal:
Yield Curve Shows 60% Chance of Recession, Deutsche Bank Says  —  The so-called yield curve suggests there's a 60% chance of a U.S. recession occurring in the next 12 months, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank, led by Dominic Konstam.  The calculations attach the highest probability …
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Former National Guardsman accused of plotting attack to support ISIS  —  A former member of the Army National Guard living in Sterling, Va., is accused of trying to plan a domestic terrorist attack on behalf of the Islamic State.  —  Mohamad Bailor Jalloh was arrested Sunday and charged …
 
 
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